3core & earth problem

[Des 56]

Nice to see you still have all your teeth Tel

 

[davesparks]

What do you think the mechanism would be for the reduced life under these circumstances?

It is not a reduction in lamp life, the poor connection of the spring contact results in the lamp not illuminating as there is no longer a contact with the live pin.
The uninformed idiot (householder) assumes that the lamp has failed as it has not illuminated and so replaces it. By replacing it they make a poor connection with the weak spring contact which lasts a short amount of time.
Then they replace the lamp again and the same thing happens.

 

[ashg285]

Go to a lot of jobs where its the bulbs, ask customer where did they get them from and a very common answer is the pound shop

 

[Deleted member 93172]

Bulbs grow, lamps blow...

Ha ha, I remember our old store man saying " Bulbs are for gardens - lamps are for light fittings sonny now what do you really want, if its bulbs your in the wrong ****ing shop".

 

[Paul P]

Best one I had was every bulb I fit goes bang. Looked at the lamp and it was a 110v one.

 

[dmxtothemax]

Lamps / Bulbs ?
Who cares what the customer calls them,
So long as they pay there bill
They can call it anything
Happy to take there money !

 

[DPG]

Their.

 

[telectrix]

Their.

now there's being pedantic, and their's being pedantic.

 

[dmxtothemax]

Don't speak English !
I speak STRAY-UN !

 

[sweet212]

Evening all,

Thank you for all the replies. I have since been back and corrected the problem. By swapping 2 of the cores over in the cable the 58V disappeared.

I also changed the Wilko lamps over for some Osram ones. Hopefully they will last a while longer.

Great knowledge and information shared by everyone who posted.

Thanks

James